GOLF INDUSTRY – GO BROWN ANTI-COSMETIC GOLF DOCTRINE

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Concocted Ludicrous Misuses Of Words

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The golf industry is on a collision course with malapropistic vocabulary that may make no sense, and is concocted ludicrous misuses of words like ― « brown is the new green », « corrective watering », « fast », « firm », « go brown », « green is not important », and « sustainable ».

Observers have concluded that USGA-enviro-lunatжcs are mere loathsome lying sacks of crжp.

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Brown Is NOT Better Than Green

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According to Mr Ronald G Dodson ―

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I think a SUSTAINABLE GOLF ISSUE that a lot of people misunderstand is the fact that …– … some people gravitate towards believing that BROWN IS BETTER THAN GREEN.– And … I think they are missing the boat on that … just a tad.– That is an icon.– That is an image that sort of people might gravitate to.– But, it is not whether grass is brown, or whether it is green, that actually makes a golf course more sustainable.– It is EFFICIENT golf course management.– So I think a lot think that if you have brown golf …– … you have backed off the water– … and therefore the grass has turned brown– … and therefore, we are more sustainable.– But, there are a lot of positive benefits to properly managed turfgrass which, in fact, may be a shade more green than brown …– … as it relates to the respiration of turfgrass– … of the ability of healthy, thick, vigorous turf to actually sequester carbon– … or to hold run–off, and so forth.– So, the SUSTAINABLE topic is NOT to believe that you are a MORE SUSTAINABLE golf course if you are brown, other than green.– It is EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF WATER …– … putting the right amount of water in the right locations, at the right times, is MORE important than just focusing on turning your water off.– So …– … efficiency– … WATER EFFICIENCY– … ENERGY EFFICIENCY– … ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY– … that is what we ought to be focused on.

Who Is Mr Ronald G Dodson ?!?!

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Mr Dodson is Founder and President of Audubon International, and President of International Sustainability Council.

In 1987, the U.S. National Audubon Society was experiencing financial problems ― the organization had a 3½-million-dollar budget short-fall.

Consequently, budgets were cut, and employees were terminated.

One of the terminated employees was Mr Ronald G Dodson, who had been Regional Vice-President since 1982.

Mr Dodson went on to revive the Audubon Society of the State of New York State, and launched a registration program where the owners of backyards, corporate properties, golf courses, and school grounds, paid him to become recognized in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System.

According to Mr Dodson ―

I decided that the approach we had been taking for the last twenty-five years was a bit old, and it was time for at least one environmental group to take a new partnership approach to working with people, as opposed to yelling and screaming at them all the time.

Prior to Audubon, Mr Dodson graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Wildlife Biology from Oakland City University, and a Masters Degree in Natural Resource Management from Indiana State University.

Mr Dodson actually attended Indiana State University on a golf scholarship.

Mr Dodson was ( and continues to be ) an avid golf player.

According to Mr Dodson ―

To me, golf is a game that is played in nature — not over the top of it. It’s the only sport that you are supposed to be playing in nature — not in a sanitized stadium. You get a bad bounce, get a bad roll, you hit a rock, etc … — that’s part of the game. If we sanitize these courses to become what I call television studios, where the pros play on TV[ … ] that’s not the game. That’s some caricature of the game.

In 1991, Mr Dodson concluded an agreement with United States Golf Association ( USGA ).

A special program was to help golf clubs manage and build with a new approach. Mr Dodson also pocketed a healthy contribution from USGA, and created Audubon International.

Within one year, one-hundred-and-fifty Golf Facilities had enrolled in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses.

Club certification under this program was ( and still is ) a multi-step process, which includes ― pest management through cultural practices, water conservation, and wildlife habitats.

According to Mr Dodson ―

Our goal is to educate golf course superintendents — not regulate them. Many states don’t require golf course developers to file environmental impact statements. So, just to meet our requirements for certification, many courses are doing more than what local, state, or federal agencies need.

Mr Dodson is a well-regarded advocate for sustainable development in golf.

Failure At Pebble Beach

From the point-of-view of the golf industry, Pebble Beach Golf Links, is …

… the most revered golf course on the professional golf association tour.

From the point-of-view of golf-hating anti-pesticide enviro-lunatжcs, Pebble Beach, as well as any golf course, is …

… as unnaturally pumped-up as a steroid-addled east-German shot-putter.

Enviro-lunatжcs want Go Brown.

Go-Brown-lunatжcs hate and despise Pebble Beach and the golf industry.

Does United States Golf Association also hate and despise the golf industry ?!?!

Does USGA hate Pebble Beach ?!?!

Observers say YES.

In June 2010, United States Golf Association ( USGA ) provided the world with an example of its failed Go Brown policies by converting Pebble Beach Golf Links into a garbage dump golf course during the U.S. Open golf championship in June 2010.